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Originally Posted by
sswenk
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Not sure if this was mentioned...
I have always loved the results I get from the Avalon U5 with direct bass. I have a Fender Jaguar Bass with active pickups and flatwounds. I sometimes split the signal and run into the U5 and into a channel of the UA 2-610. FAT!
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Yes, it has. I've had mixed results with the U5. The last time I used it (tracking my friend
Janek Gwizdala playing a custom bass made for him, on a record of mine at my studio NY), I was very disappointed, unfortunately. There could have been something wrong with his bass output, or his U5, as well.
I'm having
WAY better results with my Buzz Audio ARC 1.1 Channel, and my $250 ESP 5-string bass - with ME playing,
and I suck.
I know a lot of players who keep U5s in their live racks. I don't know if Janek still does.
Here's a video of him playing his Fedora.
http://janekgwizdala.com/home/videos...roup_159%5D/0/
Here's Janek from a session with John Mayer earlier this year (at the end with glasses). He's on tour with Mike Stern now.
He's a monster bassist - great keyboard player, composer, arranger, and not a bad guitarist and singer, as well:
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